Question 1

Which is bigger, LRCX or SWK?

Accepted Answer

Lam Research Corp is the larger company — market cap $399B vs $13.4B for Stanley Black & Decker, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, LRCX or SWK?

Accepted Answer

LRCX keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 31.3% vs 4.1% for SWK.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, LRCX or SWK?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, SWK trades at a lower P/E — 21.6 vs 54.9 for LRCX. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, LRCX or SWK?

Accepted Answer

SWK yields 3.76% vs 0.32% for LRCX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — LRCX or SWK?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, LRCX leads 8 of 11 comparable metrics and SWK leads 3. StockCV rates LRCX “Strong” and SWK “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	LRCX	SWK
Price	$318.97	$88.57
Market cap	$399B	$13.4B
Revenue (TTM)	$23.2B	$15.2B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	-1.4%
Net margin	31.3%	4.1%
Free cash flow	$4.89B	$1.29B
Net cash (debt)	$1.46B	($5.03B)
1-year price return	+126.2%	+27.0%
P/E	54.9	21.6
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	9%	42%
Dividend yield	0.32%	3.76%
Return on equity	67%	7%
Altman Z-score	26.53	—
CV checks passed	10 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	23,300	43,500

Lam Research Corp vs Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.